Street Fighter 5 is so close, you can almost taste it. Bearded Ryu! Old Man Dhalsim! It’s going to be brutal, brilliant, and invigorating for the Street Fighter faithful. Here’s the problem: it’s hard to break into Street Fighter if you’re not one of those faithful. Street Fighter 4 did …
Read More »We try so hard to master Bloodborne: The Old Hunters
Yharnam never lets go. The Old Hunters, Bloodborne’s first DLC expansion is out, and it’s every bit as mysterious, difficult, and excellent as the original release. What about those hunters that failed to conquer the game the first time around, though? Is this expansion enough to lure them back into …
Read More »The most fascinating myths Lara Croft has defeated, and where they come from
Believe it or not Rise of the Tomb Raider is about to make its grand and panic-ridden entrance, and we’ll finally get to see where Lara’s obsession with the world’s most ancient and murderous legends came from. Oh, the myths Ms. Croft has uncovered in her days. Skeptics might say …
Read More »I Got Next: How real are the ghosts in Fatal Frame?
Deep in the darkest corner of Fatal Frame’s abandoned villages, a disturbing thought blooms in your mind: what if there really are ghosts? What if monsters are real? What if outside right now, far away from the glowing light of this very fictional video game in our comfortably warm homes, …
Read More »Why I Love: Getting swallowed whole in games
Bonk’s Adventure for the long lost TurboGrafx-16 system has it all. Googly-eyed flowers you can hit in the face with your face. Haunches of meat that give you powers, provided you’re a caveman baby. Dreamy dinosaur boxers. For a game that can be finished in half an hour, it’s impressively …
Read More »Batman Beyond: What might the next Arkham game look like?
Batman Forever Warning – major spoilers for Batman: Arkham Knight, including the Knightfall ending ahead Three games, two batsuits and one stonking great cityscape later Rocksteady’s winning stint behind the Bat-signal is finally at an end. With Gotham city now safe, Scarecrow in shackles and the Batman unmasked, Bruce Wayne …
Read More »Why I Love: Ordering a pizza in EarthBound
It’s such a simple thing. You’re hungry, and whether you’ve had a really long day at work or you’re just feeling particularly lazy, you want to exert as little possible effort to get food into your mouth. So you pick up the phone and call (or, more accurately, press a …
Read More »Video game moves that are SECRETLY sexy foreplay
Take it to the next level For the sake of bypassing geek stereotypes, I’m going to assume that you, dear reader, have an awesome sex life. Good for you! But whether you spend your nights with a special someone, a revolving door of paramours, or only the finest of sensual …
Read More »Voice actors tease Mafia 3 news, Kingdom Hearts 3 date
More news on the Mafia series may emerge soon and Kingdom Hearts 3 (opens in new tab) could release in 2015, if loose-lipped voice actors on Twitter have their stories straight. Both Rick Pasqualone, who stars as Vito Scaletta in 2010’s Mafia 2, and Bill Farmer, who is the modern …
Read More »The nerdiest cookie cutters you will ever see
It’s a poorly kept secret that I have a massive sweet tooth. I got pretty cranky this morning when I discovered that someone (Anthony Snyder) had eaten the peanut butter cup that was on my desk. Hey man, that was my breakfast! I have a particularly strong weakness for cookies, …
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